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Drug Coverage For Serious Mental Illness

It became law on Jun 6, 2023.

CO HB 23-1130 · House Bill · 2023A

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Jun 6, 2023

What it does

Effective January 1, 2025, with respect to step-therapy protocols (protocols) for health insurance, section 1 of the act defines "serious mental illness" and prohibits the protocols from requiring a person to try more than one prescription drug prior to receiving coverage for the drug prescribed by the person's health-care provider. If certain conditions are met and attested to by the person's health-care provider, the carrier, private utilization review organization, or pharmacy benefit manager must cover the drug prescribed by the person's health-care provider without requiring compliance with protocols. Section 2 of the act defines "serious mental illness" for purposes of the "Colorado…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Jun 6, 2023

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It is law in Colorado. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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